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Observation of Dipole-Dipole Interaction in a Degenerate Quantum Gas

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: We have investigated the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate of strongly magnetic chromium atoms. The long-range and anisotropic magnetic dipole-dipole interaction leads to an anisotropic deformation of the expanding chromium condensate which depends on the orientation of the atomic dipole moments. Our measurements are consistent with the theory of dipolar quantum gases and show that a chromium condensate is an excellent model system to study dipolar interactions in such gases.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.150406

Authors: J. Stuhler, A. Griesmaier, T. Koch, M. Fattori, T. Pfau, S. Giovanazzi, P. Pedri, L. Santos

Institutions: University of Stuttgart, University of Tübingen, Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

OpenAlex ID: W2104490378

FWCI: 22.59

Cites: 38

Cited by: 495

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